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On Wednesday, a House subcommittee grilled representatives of telecoms and public-interest groups about ways to increase the accuracy of the FCC's mapping reports.

During a House hearing, Free Press Action's Dana Floberg noted that factors like price and a lack of competition contribute to the digital divide.

A coalition 30 of digital-rights, social-justice, and civil-liberties groups urged House Democrats to end a provision of the Patriot Act.

Organizing for Neighborhood News worked with Philadelphia communities to build more representative local-news coverage.

Racial-justice and civil-rights groups are pushing Twitter to respond to widespread concerns that it allows white supremacists to flourish on its platform.

“The White House is calling for reauthorization of a program that security agencies have used to spy on innocent people,” said Free Press Action’s Sandra Fulton.

The precursors to Gamergate were disinformation campaigns targeting women of color.

The Change the Terms coalition and Charlottesville community organizers demand that Twitter ban white nationalists.

A coalition of 55 human-rights, civil-rights and digital-rights groups held a press call urging Twitter to block the accounts of white supremacists.

Experts say a law requiring that fiber conduit be installed in highway construction would save billions.